Cream Cheese Lemon Coffee Cake

This coffee cake is amazing! It is made with greek yogurt, fresh lemon and cream cheese. Need I say more!!! There are three layers to this cake.

Cream Cheese Lemon Coffee Cake

1. Cream Cheese Layer:

Cream together:

1 pkg cream cheese softened (250g)

1/4 cup sugar

1 tbsp corn starch

2 tbsp lemon juice

2. Cake layer:

Mix together wet ingredients:

1/2 cup canola oil

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup plain unsweetened greek yogurt

Zest of 1 lemon

1 and 1/2 tbsp lemon juice

Then add in sifted dry ingredients, mix until combined:

1 and 1/2 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

3. Crumb Topping:

Mix flour and sugar and then cut in the butter:

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup sugar

2 tbsp cold butter

Layer the cake batter, then the cream cheese layer, then spoon the crumb mixture on top in a parchment lined 8 by 8 square pan. Bake 350 degrees F for approx 40-45 minutes When cool, dust with icing sugar.

Tried the blueberry muffins– so delicious! Your son has a great Mom to figure out the recipes that he requires. I have been living with egg allergies for 76 years and have some good recipes I wish I could share with others too. Care to try one of mine?